Tom is portrayed by Thomas Smittle who participated in the actual program on which the movie is based. Thomas was in the program from 2009-2011 and had the top selling horse in the history of the program, a red roan gelding that sold for $8500.
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre's feature film directorial debut. She developed Mustang through the Sundance Labs and received the Sundance Institute/NHK Award for the project in 2015.
Based on Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre's short film Rabbit (2014), about a female prisoner entrusted with the titular animal as part of a correctional facility's 'pet partnership' program.
Epilogue: "Wild horse inmate program currently reside exists in Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, and Wyoming. Participants in the program are significantly less likely to re-offend after their release from prison." These two statements are followed by a number of still photographs of inmates in the program at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in 2016 and their respective trained mustangs.
American Humane monitored the animal action. No animals were harmed®. (AHD 07635)
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